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Christmas 1960, and the Trotters are settling into their new flat in Sir Walter Raleigh House, Peckham. Ted and Reg are still drawing the dole, and hard-working Joan is struggling to keep the family afloat by returning to her old job at the cinema, while asking her mother-in-law Violet to look
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did not find the storyline "interesting or convincing", finding
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also praised the performances of
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with the barmaid at the Nag's Head; Del and Jumbo selling goods from the docks out of the back of a van; Del and Boycie's attempt at dating Pam and Glenda (Jodie Mooney and Katie
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said he was missing the interplay between Rodney and Del Boy from the original, and that the only fun in the drama was "recognising the nods, working out who's who and how it all fits into place. Otherwise, it's pretty lame." The
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with Rodney and fortunately there wasn't any opportunity to do so. They're like chalk and cheese." Speaking about the 19-day filming schedule and the "not great" budget, he also told Michael Deacon of
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